Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titan's, but I do watch the show. I also don't own Barnes Nobles, Star Bucks, or have any rights to Lord of the Rings.

Chapter 5: Mystery Archer

"…Zaith…"

"… Friend, wake up…"

"… Zaith…"

Zaith awoke to the calling of his name, finding his friends before him. His eyes flickered open as the light entered the room from the far wall.

"Friend Zaith, are you alright?" Star Fire asked curiously. She was floating in front of Zaith, bending forward to look into Zaith's eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why is something wrong?"

"No, it's just you were sleeping here, instead of your room." Night Wing said, seemingly relieved.

"Don't worry; I must have dozed off here this morning when I came for a glass of water."

Suddenly, Beast Boy and Cyborg came rushing through the hallway and sat just next to Zaith, one on both sides. Suddenly, they began to play their games, ignoring the others. Zaith stood up and began to walk towards the entrance doors.

"Where are you going, Zaith?" Terra asked. She was cooking at the moment, obviously making the teams breakfast once again.

"I've got to clear my mind is all." He replied before walking out through the doors and entering the world outside.

"I wonder what is wrong." Star Fire said, watching Zaith leave.

Slowly, Raven walked into the room, reading another large book that she found interesting. She sat down in what appeared to be a cozy chair in one of the corner and gazed into her book, reading intently.

Shadow also entered the room, seconds after Raven had. He headed for the fridge and pulled a jug of orange juice out, placing it upon the counter. He then got a glass from on the cabinets nearby and began to pour the juice into it.

Beast Boy, who was currently playing his game with Cyborg, began to talk about his dream to the others, discussing his unique nightmare.

"… And just as I heard that weird laughing again, I woke up in a pool of sweat on the floor." He said after a somewhat long winded story.

Just as Shadow finished drinking his glass and had placed it down onto the counter, he spoke to the others.

"That's strange, that's the same dream I had."

"I also had a similar dream." Star Fire said.

"Same here." Terra said as she tossed some pancakes into the air, catching them in her skillet.

"Normally, when several people share a dream, there is usually some sort of connection between the dream and reality." Raven said, not taking her eyes off of her book. "I had the same dream, just so you know."

"I had that dream too. What about you, Cyborg?" Night Wing asked.

"Me too, but why are we al having this dream?"

"Well, it could be some sort of sign." Raven said, looking up from her book.

"What kind of sign?" Terra said, serving the pancakes onto a large plate.

"Maybe of some impending doom, but we can't be sure. But we should be careful; we don't know what could happen."

"I Think Zaith had the game dream as well." Night Wing said.

"Why do you say that?" Terra asked.

"Well, he said he had dozed off down here, so he could have seen the same dream while he was asleep. That could explain why he acted so strangely earlier as well." Night Wing said.

Elsewhere, Zaith had made his way to a Barnes Nobles/ Star Bucks and was reading a novel. Described as being the next Lord of the Ring's, Zaith thought it might be a good read. He took another sip from his espresso, and then turned the page, continuing to read this book.

"Hmm… interesting." He said, talking to himself about the book.

As he read, he took a quick look around, finding nothing of interest. He then went back to his espresso, took a small sip, and then turned to his book. As he did, a thin flash of light flew through the window, leaving a hole no larger then Zaith's finger in the glass. He looked at the counter he sat at, and found and arrow imbedded into it.

Then, looking quickly outside, he saw a group of three running past the store, holding onto a bag of what looked like jewelry. Just down the street in the opposite direction, a woman in her early twenties was sprinting with a bow in hand. She drew and arrow and shot towards the group. It flew true, striking the bag from their hands.

Zaith arose and quickly ran out of the store, leaving both the book and the espresso. Once outside, he noticed that by then, the archer had shot at least six arrows already, as the convicts we pinned to the wall, arrows in their clothing. She held her bow in front of then, ready to fire another arrow into one of their heads.

Quickly, Zaith went forward and raised her bow just before she released. The arrow was sent just above one of their heads, which scarred him so much he pissed himself.

"What are you doing?" The archer said in annoyance.

"I should ask you the same thing, you could have killed them."

"I know what I'm doing." She said as she raised her bow and slapped him in the face with the end of it. She then ran away, trying to get away from Zaith. He followed her, making sure not to run into anyone.

Zaith followed her into an alleyway, losing sight of her as he turned the corner.

"Man where did she go!" He said aloud.

Suddenly, another flash of light came towards his leg, and suddenly he found himself falling to the floor. The arrow had grazed his leg, giving him only a minor flesh wound, but the pain was enough to bring him down for a moment.

Another flash of light came towards his head, but he caught it and tossed it away.

"Stop, I don't want to hurt you, I just want to talk." Zaith said, trying to negotiate.

"Why should I trust you?" Said a harsh voice.

"Because I'm one of the good guys."

A clank could be heard from above as something moved, and as Zaith looked, he found the archer standing on the iron stairway that served as a fire escape.

"I can't believe you would harm a defenseless man."

"A man should be able to defend himself."

"You're harsh."

Zaith ran up the wall and made his way to the bottom steps of the fire escape. He then made his way up the stairs until he was next to the archer, who had her bow aimed at him. When he had made it to the same floor as the woman, she began to speak to him, now in more of a fearful tone.

"Stay away from me, you hear."

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. You already know that though, don't you?"

"Listen, I gave up on the whole hero thing a long time ago when my hero left."

"And who was that?"

"I-I'm not telling you."

Zaith reached forward, removing the arrow from the bow. He tossed it to the side, and then began to speak again.

"Listen, I'm not going to hurt you. But I do need to ask you some questions, like why wee you attacking those people?"

"They're criminals, and they stole jewelry that wasn't theirs. I was stopping them."

"Okay, next who are you?"

"You don't need to know that." She said as she put the bow onto her back. She then turned around and jumped off of the stairs back into the alley. She landed, and then began to run away.

"Hey, where are you going!" Zaith yelled.

"Away from you!" She yelled back.

"Well don't do anything stupid next time, alright!"

And so the archer ran away into the distance, disappearing from his sight. 'We'll meet again… I just know it.' Zaith thought to himself.

I'm not too worried on what you think of the story so far. Right now I've been juggleing two... three video games at the same time, aswell as have a massive rush of ideas for a story that shall not reach this bastion of writing. The story should be getting better right after this, but I needed alittle to get the story going for me, which would have to be the last two chapters.

Anyway, review me for... whatever reasons, I shall read them ( I like to cuz it make me a better writer). I'm going to bed. Night.

Zzzzzz... ZZZzzzzzz... Suikoden III... Yeah its aged, but its the junkage!... ZZZzzzzz...